Nowadays it’s easy to step into a space for the first time
and feel a strange sense of déjà vu. It seems like every other room is just a
rearrangement of the same mass-produced furniture and art. Who can blame them?
It’s so much easier and more economical to pick up a chair from Ikea even
though you know your neighbor down the street has the exact same one. So how do
we create a space that is uniquely our own?

When we designed Ballard Pizza Company, it was important
that the space stood out from the rest of the pizza shops out there. The pizza
is unlike any other pizza you’ll find in Seattle, so why should it look like
all the other pizzerias?

While we custom designed and built our chairs and bar tables
to bring Ballard Pizza Company its unique look, another way we created the
distinctive character was by salvaging pieces from stores like Second Use in
SoDo. It’s amazing how much history and character is added to a room by adding
small details like this vintage doorknob.